Please avoid this place!!!! My dog almost died in their care from a completely treatable parasitic infection. I brought my dog in with a brutal parasite. Initially it started well - they allowed me to come in after hours which was very kind, as my dog hadn’t even been able to keep water down in almost 24 hours and I couldn’t get her in anywhere in the city. That night we did an IV and a blood test, and the vet sent me on my way. I came in the following day with a ziploc bag with poo in it for a fecal test, and they started my dog immediately on a round of antibiotics while waiting for tests to come back. A few days later they called and said they saw nothing in her results, she was fine, and the antibiotics would work. Fast forward three weeks, 3 different rounds of unsuccessful medication later, and my dog was terrifyingly close to death. They actually scheduled “exploratory surgery” to rule out an obstruction after the sonographic scans showed nothing in week three. As the vet and I are talking about surgery and I’m in full panic, I ask the vet to reconfirm that the fecal sample was normal. To which he replied - “we never got a fecal sample from you.” Now this is absurd and irresponsible for a few reasons. Not only do I vividly remember bringing in a ziploc bag of poo (because who forgets that?) that they clearly lost and never tested, but more importantly, if their records showed never having done one, and they believed I never brought one in, they might have requested one from me somewhere along this 3 week long journey. Had they done their due diligence, they would have at the very least requested one before recommending exploratory surgery. Or after the first or even second round of unsuccessful antibiotics. My dog wasn’t eating or drinking and was too weak to walk, she was two years old. These vets never even looked over the file to double check that they had followed the appropriate steps before throwing more medications and expensive tests at me. In those 3 weeks my dog lost 20% of her body weight and the various tests they ran cost me upwards of $3,000. Had they tested the fecal sample on the second visit as they should have (or requested another one on any of my next 5 visits), my dog would have been cured in a week and I would have saved thousands of dollars. Of course, the fecal sample showed a rare parasite, we treated it, and she was back to her normal self 5 days later. Had I not done MY due diligence to explicitly ask again about the fecal sample, they would have performed extremely invasive and expensive surgery on my dog for absolutely no reason. It’s appalling. I never got an apology and they absolved themselves of all blame. Took zero responsibility. Don’t be swayed by the positive reviews as I was, while the staff may be friendly, the clinic is shady, dishonest, and greedy. They are careless with their veterinary care and don’t accept responsibility when they make mistakes. Nor do they offer any financial recourse. In fact, they insisted I pay for the last $1000 (completely unnecessary) test before leaving their office when I discovered their misstep. Please, save yourself the trouble and go somewhere else. Read Less

My cat Yogi died under Dr. Badri's careOn Saturday, July 20th 2013 at 10:00, I arrived at the Animal Vaccination Services clinic located at 2432 Eglinton Avenue East (416-752-8511) with my cat Yogi and my friend. The reason for our visit was for Yogi to get his rabies vaccine and consultation for his occasional aggressive behaviour. The vet on duty that day referred us to Dr. Ahmed Badri at the Toronto Central Animal Clinic, 167 Parliament st, Toronto, Ontario for the check-up.   We arrived at Toronto Central Animal clinic around 11:30. I explained that Yogi needed sedation before getting his vaccines and I wanted a treatment for his temper, possibly a natural sedative I could give him at home.    I specifically said not to add other services without my consent at least on three occasions. I asked if we could come in the examination room with Yogi.  The assistant said no because it would interfere with their work.  She said to ignore any screams or meowing coming from the exam room.  Moments later, we heard a very loud scream coming from the exam room.  I recognized Yogi's voice.    I knew something was wrong. When assistant came out with Yogi and the invoice, there was a urine test for $50 which I never authorized.  I didn't want to argue, so I paid up the invoice reluctantly.  When I got home, I noticed a huge red lump on his groin and he was crying and licking that area.  I called the clinic to advise them on Monday morning.  The assistant told me the vet would get back to me.  He never did.  I kept calling and finally reached him on Thursday.  He said there was some resistance when he removed the catheter and all he needed was some anti inflammatory drugs.  By the time he delivered the drugs on Friday, Yogi was bleeding and could barely walk.  I asked Dr. Badri to look at Yogi.  He took him for observation.  He called me back on Sunday to tell me there has been damage to the groin from licking and that the only way to save him was to perform a surgery to remove his penis to make him like a female cat so the urine could pass.  He said the surgery was going to cost $2000 and I was to help cover the cost.  I told him that under no circumstance I was going to pay for this as I told him I didn't have that kind of money in the beginning.  He then told me he was going to proceed with the surgery.  One hour later he called me back to say Yogi had passed away during surgery. I filed a complaint to the Ontario College of Veterinarians.  It took three years to investigate.  He was found guilty of professional misconduct and had his licence suspended for one month. I'm very sad and angry to hear that after all this, Dr. Badri is still practising and killing other pets.  This is outrageous!  I encourage everyone who has been victimised by Dr. Badri to file a complaint to the college of veterinarians of Ontario and even the media. Read Less

Seriously the worst veterinarian I come across if you love your pet you shouldn't take it to this place I found the staffs are better than badri, he doesn't know how to handle animal, never leave your pet in his care. Hes so brutal to my 3 months pup when I go to first vaccination. Read Less